French Indochina 1903-A 20 cent

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 2076. The reverse shows "TITRE 680"; it should read "TITRE 835"

This specimen was lot 2076 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRENCH INDOCHINA: AR 20 cents, 1903-A, rare date, cleaned, AU, R. NOTE: This coin has been cleaned, which we did not mention in the printed catalog." This type was struck 1898-1903, 1908-16 and this is a better date.

Recorded mintage: 675,000.

Specification: 5.4 g, 0.835 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-10, Lec-206.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

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